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I think Costa does more normal teas and coffees rather than milkshakes or whatever you're referring to.
Costa were in the news for selling a coffee with more calories in it than a double cheeseburger. But then McDonalds, I think, already sell more coffee than anyone else in the UK, so I guess they're converging from both directions.
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Costa were in the news for selling a coffee with more calories in it than a double cheeseburger. But then McDonalds, I think, already sell more coffee than anyone else in the UK, so I guess they're converging from both directions.
I always struggle with the doublethink that a "coffee" (that is, a black coffee) has nearly 0 calories. But a "coffee" (that is a drink that is really fat and sugar with some coffee added there) could have x calories where x is a stupidly large number...
yeah, even 'coffee' with milk is... the calories of milk. and I like a lot of milk in my coffee. or... I like a bit of coffee with my milk, to be more precise. so i've needed to watch how many I have. can't really deal with plain black coffee.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Costa were in the news for selling a coffee with more calories in it than a double cheeseburger. But then McDonalds, I think, already sell more coffee than anyone else in the UK, so I guess they're converging from both directions.
I always struggle with the doublethink that a "coffee" (that is, a black coffee) has nearly 0 calories. But a "coffee" (that is a drink that is really fat and sugar with some coffee added there) could have x calories where x is a stupidly large number...
Starbucks in Australia (when they were around) was viewed as being a milkshake shop.
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#24Costa has always felt to me an also ran between the coffee milkshake chain Starbucks and the slightly more serious Caffe Nero. I wonder what Coca Cola plans to do with it?
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#25Am I the only one that is noticing a lot of BBC articles reaching HN frontpage that have nothing to do with tech?
Paul Graham says it's for "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."
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#26Am I the only one that is noticing a lot of BBC articles reaching HN frontpage that have nothing to do with tech?
It's a business article. HN is also about commerce.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Costa were in the news for selling a coffee with more calories in it than a double cheeseburger. But then McDonalds, I think, already sell more coffee than anyone else in the UK, so I guess they're converging from both directions.
I don't have sales figures but a lot of people I know who travel a lot say that, in the UK at least, the McDonalds is pretty good. It's certainly their favourite balance with price and quality, these are proper black coffee drinkers too, not the bucket of sugar & cream types.
some of my "just black coffee" friends tell me the same thing - mcdonalds coffee is a good combination of taste and value. they all prefer something else, but mcd ends up being the 'go to' because it's known, it's not bad, and doesn't cost too much (which, typing that out, is probably the same for many of their menu items - not 'best in class', but a decent enough product).
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#28When I lived in the states a friend of mine always used to say: “Starbucks sells fat and sugar to people, so their mainly competing against McDonalds” That made a lot of sense to me, and I could understand much better why they would introduce McCafes. Thus I think that this is probably a smart move although a bit late...
I think Costa does more normal teas and coffees rather than milkshakes or whatever you're referring to.
They sell calorie-free black coffee or tea, the same way McDonald's does.
Similarly, they also sell very-high-sugar cakes and drinks.
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#29I'm concerned with the continual buyout of large established UK companies by US ones. It's happened a lot in the past ~10 years, most notably Cadbury's, and not only are there tax implications, but the standard of product seems to drop to the lowest acceptable while attempting to keep the same prices. There's also the issue with business ethics of the parent company, which tend to be rather different than the UK.
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#30Do american coffee chains do things like cappuchino, latte, flat white, etc?
Or is it mostly black filter coffee?